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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (8857)2/10/2004 10:29:31 PM
From: Big Bucks  Respond to of 25522
 
It does and LOTS more, it isn't just a matter of scaling
wafer size....there are a myriad of technological problems/issues to contend with....a very expensive and
time consuming effort is required to integrate all the
technologies involved...
The French/English built the Concorde, a technological marvel, but a financial disaster....bigger/faster is not necessarily better or cost effective. BB



To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (8857)2/11/2004 9:19:37 AM
From: LemurHouse  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25522
 
<<<...airliners seating between 530 and 656 passengers in three classes-or up to 966 in an all-economy class layout-..
>>>

The designers experimented with a stacked-rack "slave ship" passenger accomodations, but determined that it would yield only a 3 percent increase in carrying capacity over current economy class seating configurations.

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